How to Use eye shadow in a Sentence

eye shadow

noun
  • Her eyes were colored with eye shadow and liner, and her blonde hair was cropped close to her scalp.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2024
  • Kat's slime-green eye shadow in the fourth episode and violet lipstick in episode 5 are true nods to it.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 20 July 2019
  • Women shared duo chrome eye shadow palettes and extra bobby pins.
    Rachel Syme, New York Times, 14 June 2019
  • And when every brand has its own spin on the perfect nude eye shadow palette, that creates some incredibly tough choices.
    Glamour, 20 June 2019
  • Robbie's beauty look also stayed true to the film's vintage feel, opting for retro curls, gold dusted eye shadow, and a red-orange lip color.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2019
  • The Fenty Beauty founder wore her honey blond tresses in a bun with loose strands, while her makeup included brown eye shadow and lip gloss.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 25 July 2024
  • Under the midday sun, tall, gorgeous women, poured into sparkly nightclub dresses with frosted lips and eye shadow to match, chat on the sidewalk.
    Washington Post, 7 June 2019
  • For their third makeup drop together, Kylie and Khloe designed a brand-new eye shadow palette with 9-pans of neutral and rose-gold tones.
    Aimee Simeon, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • The sister product to eye shadow, hair shadow is ideal for covering regrowth, smoothing up a patchy hairline, and hiding away any surprise grays.
    Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 21 July 2024
  • Sporting glitter eye shadow, this Emcee salaciously caresses the harp.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Baraf also recommends making your existing products work harder by using your bronzer as an eye shadow, a chubby lip pencil as both a lip liner and lipstick, and so on.
    NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The collection includes a variety of cosmetic products, including many of Jenner’s hero items, like a lip kit, eye glazes, eye shadow palette and high gloss.
    Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Makeup, face paint, brushes and makeup remover will be provided, or attendees can bring their own products from eye shadow to foundation, to test out illusion looks on their own faces, legs or arms.
    Lindsay Weinberg, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The bear wears a gold dress and matching eye shadow with a blond wig.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • To break up all of the black and red, do as Aguilera did and top your lids with glitter eye shadow.
    Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Of 6-year-old Aqsa, who loves lipstick and eye shadow and could one day be a makeup artist.
    Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
  • My daughters wore bikinis, heels, and enough eye shadow to paint a house.
    Ali Wentworth, Town & Country, 8 May 2022
  • Kendall threw on a wavy pink-ombré wig and lots of blush-colored eye shadow.
    Glamour, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Lopez paired the daring hairstyle with bold browns, smoky brown eye shadow, flushed cheeks, and a rosy pink pout.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Even the singer’s makeup was on-theme with touches of red eye shadow and a berry lip color.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 June 2024
  • This choice is a shimmery liner that can be smudged out as an eye shadow.
    Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Don’t miss your chance to score a few of the brand’s hero products, like the eyeliner and eye shadow duo below.
    Talia Abbas, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Now, the 24-year-old puts on pimple patches and matches the colors to her eye shadow.
    Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Banks has on dark smokey eye shadow, mascara, blush, and perhaps light gloss on her lips in the photo.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Fanning wore her hair down in loose curls and opted for glittery eye shadow and a red lip.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Black eye shadow was also applied all over the lids and winged outwards towards where the tails of her brows used to be.
    Chelsea Avila, Allure, 28 June 2022
  • This means your eye shadow and liner match your bronzer and highlighter, which match your lips and so on.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The star went all out with her glam for the evening, opting for a curly 'do, shimmering rosy eye shadow, bright pink blush, and a glossy pink lip.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Her neck is heavy with yellow and white diamonds, that echo the color of her bodice and eye shadow.
    Glamour, 2 May 2022
  • Barose played up her eyes with a landing strip of red eye shadow extending from eye to eye.
    Falen Hardge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2019

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